Angle-bar straightener.



Patented Jan. 22, I90I.

No. 666,6I9.

a. A. BLAIR. ANGLE BAR STRAIGHTENER.

(Application filed Apr. 6, 1900.)

(No Modal.)

ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROLANDIS A. BLAIR, OF NEW HAVEN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANKBLAIR, OF BELLEVUE, OHIO.

ANGLE-BAR STRAIGHTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,619, dated January22, 1901.

Application filed April 5, 1900.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROLANDIS A. BLAIR, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Angle-Bar Straighteners;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in angle bar straighteners whereina screwthreaded rod is coupled with a rail-joint and so mounted in aframe as to allow of a vertical adjustment thereof; and the object of myimprovement is to afiord means for straightening the angle-bars onrailway-rail joints which have become bent by service without removingsaid angle-bars from the rails to which they are connected. I accomplishmy object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the device in positionwhen in use, and Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1 with theframe in central section.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothviews.

The frame consists of the standards 1 l, which are connected at theirlower ends by the strut 4 and unite at their tops with the boss 2. Thesaid strut has feet 5 5, which are welded or otherwise secured to itsends and are fixed to the lower ends of the standards 1 1. The said feetdepend below the plane of said strut and rest upon the tread of therails 15 when in position and hold said strut suspended above saidrails.

A screw threaded rod 3 passes loosely Serial No. 11,583. (No model.)

through a suitable opening in the boss 2 and is engaged above said bossby the nut 11. A key 6 is mountedin the lower end of said rod, with itsends extending laterally. The connecting-bars 8 8 have slots 7 at theirupper ends, in which the extending ends of said key engage respectively.Said bars are bent so as to pass downward below the rail-joint uponeither side. An anchor-bar 9 passes beneath said rail-joint and engagesin the slots 10 in said bars at its respective ends. By turning the nut11 by means of a suitable wrench the rod 3 may be drawn upward, and therails 15 are thereby lifted at their connected ends and held down at thepoints in contact with the feet 5. The angle-bars 12 12, which overlapthe meeting ends of the rails, are thereby bent upward at the middle oftheir lengths.

The strut 4 serves to prevent the standards from spreading and beingelevated from the rails does not interfere with said rails as they aredrawn upward.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a device for straightening angle-bars of railjoints, the combinationof supportingstandards, a boss uniting the upper ends of said standards,a strut connecting the lower ends of said standards, feet arranged uponthe lower side of said strut beneath the ends of the standards, ascrew-threaded rod passing loosely through said boss, a nut engagingsaid rod above said boss, and suitable means for connecting the lowerend of said rod with the rail-joint, substantially as shown anddescribed. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROLANDIS A. BLAIR.

Witnesses:

WILMER LEONARD, T. J. LEONARD.

